Now I remember how new members feel again...overwhelmed

in #hive5 years ago

So finally I have had some more time on my hands after stabilizing this covid-19 situation around us, and getting more energy to look for what is around us again. And there was HIVE with all it's assets which I haven't been following all too good. But then I saw this yesterday (and yeah I know, I have been living under a rock)



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All of a suddenthe HIVE token has been listed to a lot more and bigger exchanges and you can see what that has done with the price earlier in the week. I totally wasn't aware of it, but it does come with getting a lot more confidence in the coin. So time to look into it a bit more of all the features, and ow yeah....getting confused by it again.





Because I was looking into what was the usefull stuff for me earlier in the week, and it almost seemed I had to start from scratch again. Not a problem, just needing some time for this. But now I remember again how it felt when entering Steemit and having no clue about how blockchain and crypto and active keys and posting keys work. I remember figuring out back in that day like forever that wanting to access the keys that you had to click on the button next to it to show it. And with that all the time having the feeling like you might to something wrong that will delete your account. Annoying!

So for instance when I was trying to post earlier in the week on hive.blog and when I was trying to upload an image, it wasn't working so I turned back to my old roots at Steempeak (which doesn't really work on the Steem chain anymore to upload an image and it turned up sideways. I wasn't really aware of that our friends of Steempeak were hip and functioning at http://peakd.com



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The next thing that was usefull to me is that hivesigner is working! No more messing around with entering your keys everywhere. This stuff just works, and makes everything a lot easier again! And easier is the equivalent of more fun and less pain in the ass!


Next stop I was pointed out that Steemworld is Beemee which works fine but is still gives me some mental twitches because the page isn't secure according to my thing and is giving me pop ups over it. Or is that just me? Well at least I have my stats back and that is exactly what helps again. So I would say if you are new to HIVE, use these pages and make life better in working this.

What I am curious about and I will be finding out more of this over the next weeks is if other Dapps are still on Steem or on HIVE. Did actifit make the move? Where is appics hanging? I am aware of that Splinterlands functions on all, but what about Steem-engine? Does it still work and is the name still the same? The hunt is open for getting more info!

And untill then...Feeling like a newbie again!

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I haven't been spending New Year's much time on the platform since covid-19, either. I transition to work from home and you would think it was easier... But it's just strange. Good luck and have a great weekend

Yeah exactly. With the drama and the fork in combo with me working on the ICU was a bit busy and mind consuming to figure this all out. But it is grabbing my attention now!

Thank you for your service 🙏

Its just the normals. No need for thanks except for staying safe!

I hear and feel you. I hadn't written a post on Steemit in two years. Now with Hive I feel like I am learning all over again. I think it will take a bit of time. Life here has been interesting since the government refuses to acknowledge the virus is here and is taking no measures to stop the spread. We just assume that in a few months the whole country will have been contaminated and we will lose a ver large portion of the populaton.

Madame Ceci!! There she is again!! How are you then and wow that has been a long time. The last I saw/heard was that you guys were really considering leaves because of the violence. Did that ever happen of you always stayed?

Yeah indeed, it is scary to see how bad some government are handeling this crisis, and I believe you when you say yours is one of that. How is the public responding on these decisions? Staying inside by themselves, or doing what the president says?

Good to see you here!

It has been a long time. No, we have not been able to leave and now it is really impossible. So we have hunkered down and will have to ride out the storms.

This government is not handling the crisis at all, just making it worse. About half the country is doing what it should, the other half still follows the government. There is a civic alliance that is trying to take the lead and advocating for safety measures. It is difficult when the government refuses to release supplies that come into the country. Many are becoming angry with the government's lack of direction.

Great to see so many of my old friends here!

hey girly girl... I felt the same. As I know @actifit it's on board... btw I always forget to use it when I workout (bummer!). Regarding @appics I understood that they are in the process on running their own smart contract or will migrate to a better BC. I still do not understand why they are not on HIVE, maybe there are things we don't know between them and some of HIVE witnesses. I will continue support both projects!

A huge hug from Panama to you!

Yeah I still would love an instagram kind of app on here to be honest. So many pics that deserve a spot but dont show up in the normal timeline, I still hope they do!

Let us see! Okay cool, so actifit is on board! Nice!

hehe, I went through the same. As for the popups, just use the brave browser and then you should be ok. someone just copied steemchillers work 1 to 1 and is staying anonymous which is kinda weird as well. but if you just use it with shields up in brave, with hive keychain and for info you should be ok

yeah exactly, having the keychain on it makes a whole difference on safety I find, I really would find it more reassuring if someone would openly take responsibility for the site for some reason. But you are a brave browser enthusiast as well?? Hmmmm I really gotta consider this.